diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
index ad1ef038ff7f5d1882f84521a578ad6cdce1f5e1..0b8ac1abe1a75511c69ae67bc17c9857c96cf6e3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -355,8 +355,6 @@ static int netvsc_probe(struct hv_device *dev)
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		free_netdev(net);
 		dev_set_drvdata(&dev->device, NULL);
-
-		netdev_err(net, "unable to add netvsc device (ret %d)\n", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}